Applied Electronics New Headquarters Entertainment Project Building Racks and Installing the Corporate Communications Industry

C e l e b rat i n g M i l e s t o n e s ! Rob Judd — 15 years Rita King — 5 years Rob is our Project Coordinator at AEL Calgary. Rita has been the friendly voice on the phones Rob has recently completed 15 years with the at AEL’s Mississauga office for 5 years now. She A/V division and is a veteran installer, Creston came to AEL with formal business training and programmer and CAD operator. Rob graduated experience with General Motors and Northwestern from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in General Hospital. Rita has 2 children, Kenneth View finder Avionics Technology. Rob and his wife, Teresa, have and Andrew, who are 28 and 26 years old. 2 sons Andrew and Matthew. Thanks for the hard Congratulations, Rita, on your 5 year anniversary work and dedication, Rob! at AEL!

Marcel Joanis Completes Vancouver Edmonton Calgary Toronto Montréal Pina Giagnacovo — 10 years 8573 Commerce Court 11442 Winterburn Rd. N.W. 3, 1815-27th Ave. N.E. 5170B Timberlea Blvd. 7715, Boul. Henri-Bourassa Ouest 5 years with AEL Burnaby, BC V5A 4N5 Edmonton, AB T5S 2Y3 Calgary, AB T2E 7E1 Mississauga, ON L4W 2S5 St-Laurent, QC H4S 1P7 Previous to AEL, Pina worked in customer service MARCH 2011 604.439.7228 780.462.8275 403.291.5143 905.625.4321 514.333.3324 for Quantum Job Placement Agency. AEL was Originally from Moncton, New Brunswick, Marcel VOLUME 17 • ISSUE 1 Fax 604.439.7210 Fax 780.462.8238 Fax 403.291.5188 Fax 905.625.4333 Fax 514.333.1512 actually a client of Quantum and Pina applied graduated from University of Quebec in Montreal. for the open receptionist position through the Marcel came to the AEL Montreal Office five years agency. In 2000, Pina joined as a receptionist with ago with extensive industry experience in video AEL Montreal. She now holds the position of the conferencing and A/V system integration. Today, Administrator of Customer Service for our Montreal Marcel continues to help expand our A/V division and Eastern Canada regions. Pina has 2 children, in the Quebec and East coast regions to new and Kristina and David, who are 23 and 18 years old. exciting heights! Thank you Pina for the dedicated service, keep up the good work. Congratulations and thank you for 5 years, Marcel! For more information on this project, please New Join! Just Married! contact Chris Randles in our Mississauga office. Shane Jamieson Andrew Haggert Jody Fitzpatrick Shane joins our Toronto A/V Originally from Windsor, Jody Fitzpatrick and Jaimy installations team with previous Ontario, Andrew has joined our Shanker exchanged vows on experience in broadcast Mississauga team as a Project January 9th at the Richmond installation working at Dome Manager for the AV Division. Hill Country Club in an intimate Productions and Rogers. He Graduating from the University setting with close family and graduated from Durham College of Windsor with a degree in friends. The couple has been dating since October in Advanced Business Admin, Communications and recently 2009. Jody says he knew Jaimy was the one on with honours and was included on the Dean’s list. certified as a Project Management Professional, their fourth date when the couple went skydiving. Since starting at Applied, he has worked on the Corus Andrew brings to Applied 13 years of experience from Congratulations Jody and Jaimy! Applied Electronics New Headquarters Entertainment project building racks and installing the corporate communications industry. Andrew and equipment. Shane loves sports and played hockey his wife, Cat, have a 9-year old daughter, Bethany. Applied Electronics is pleased to announce that we have acquired a new head office space at 1260 Kamato Road in Mississauga, located in the Dixie throughout his life. Welcome to the team, Shane! Welcome Andrew! New Additions to the AEL Family! Rd./401 area. The new building is 55,000 square feet and will replace our existing 26,000 square foot head office. The new facility is designed with our customers and suppliers in mind. Our new building encompasses appealing meeting spaces, classroom facilities, Lily Costa guest offices and large fabrication areas which are intended to improve the interface with our clientele. The large segregated fabrication area will Brian Power Lily, our Marketing Manager, and facilitate our growing emphasis on systems integration. The classrooms and meeting spaces are designed to accommodate the ever increasing training Mario Cusson A native of Toronto, Ontario, husband, Mike, welcomed their and education requirements of our customers to the rapidly changing landscape of Broadcast and Presentation technology. Mario joins AEL Montreal as the Brian joins AEL as our A/V first child,Markos Jun Heen new Quebec and Eastern Canada Technician. He is a graduate Costa, who arrived happy and Architects and contractors are working on the renovation of this attractive building with a target of being fully operational by September 1, 2011. Manager. He comes to AEL with of Centennial College and healthy on October 7th, weighing Look for our Open House announcement sometime in mid-summer as we welcome everyone to the new Applied head office. over 25 years of experience in comes to AEL with eight years 6 lbs 3 oz. and measuring 50.5 cm long. Markos is the Broadcast industry. He has of experience. Before joining the first grandchild for both sides of his family and experience managing engineering, Applied, Brian served five years is certainly an adorable addition. Congratulations on IT, broadcasting, editing and as a technician at the CN Tower and prior to that as a the arrival of your son, Lily! Nunavut Legislative Assembly TV Broadcast System - Modernized by AEL studios. Mario and his wife, Chantal, have two children, Project Manager at another AV company. In his spare a 19 year old son, Vincent, and a 17 year old daughter, time, Brian enjoys playing hockey, beach volleyball Nick Eriksen AEL recently completed upgrading the Nunavut Legislative Assembly’s Laurence. Welcome aboard Mario! and snowboarding. Welcome to the team Brian! Applied is pleased to announce original TV broadcast system by replacing most of the original analog the arrival of Abigail Justine components with digital technology. Syed Jafri Eriksen, weighing 8 pounds 6 Since the vast Arctic is not yet ready for total conversion to HDTV the ounces. A beautiful baby girl and Stéfanie Sanscartier Syed joins AEL Toronto as our system is a mix of HDSDI, SDSDI and analog composite. The cameras second child for Nick Eriksen utilized are Panasonic AK-HC 1500G operating in HDSDI on Vinten 102 The pleasant, friendly voice that Broadcast Systems Engineer. and Sacha Rowe. Aiden is also very excited to answers when when you call He graduated from the welcome his new sister. Congratulations Nick! robotic heads. The production switcher is a Panasonic AV-HS-450 also our Montreal office is that of Computer Engineering program operating in HDSDI. An AJA down converter provides the SD composite Stéfanie Sanscartier. Before at McMaster University and video to feed the satellite, media, CATV and archival server. A Leitch- coming to Applied, she worked worked as a Fiber Product Martin Lemieux Harris Inscriber, Title-One character generator rounds out the main item as an administrative assistant Specialist at Evertz and Harris Martin, his wife Marjorie, and in the video production system. The sound conference systems (Chamber at Bell Canada for the Web Corporations before starting at Applied. He has first daughter,O ceanne welcomed and two committee rooms) are BSS and DIS respectively. As with most Solutions department. She studies Communications – also worked at AZCAR Technologies as their Design the newest addition to their legislative TV broadcast systems, this project is extensively automated Creative Arts at Champlain Regional College. Stéfanie Engineer. Syed is an expert checkers player, he was family on January 6th, 2011. is currently engaged and is looking forward to her once a former Ohio State Champion, he also works Baby Roseline weighed 7 with a Crestron custom control system. wedding in October of this year. Welcome to the AEL on iPhone Applications and games as a hobby. We pounds and 6 ounces and came in at 49.6 cm long. Our thanks to Mr. Chris Coleman, Technical Services Officer, for Montreal family Stéfanie! look forward to AEL’s first app Syed! Congratulations on your new bundle of joy! permission to print this article. Nunavut legislature control room showing the Panasonic AV-HS-450 Switcher, Vinten control AEL Project Team: Richard Drygas and Grant Dickson. panel, Inscriber CG and Sharp multi view LCD screen. AEL ViewfinderS taff I Editor: Amanda George I Co-Editors: Gord Ballantyne & Andre Beadle I Design: Infinite Graphics Inc I THANKS TO ALL AEL STAFF WHO HAVE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS EDITION Vantage by Telestream Playmaker by ORAD Concepts of Operational Reliability of AVECO Automation Systems NAB Booth SL3309 NAB Booth SL6514 NAB Booth N2138 Video Workflow design that revolutionizes; capture-analysis- Playmaker is an SD/HD, instant replay, slow-motion AVECO and Applied Electronics transcoding-metadata-delivery. server with highlight editing tools designed to meet AEL is excited to announce a new partnership with AVECO. AVECO provides Content Management and Automation solutions for TV facilities • Easy to use video workflow design and automation the growing challenges of live sport productions. including Master Control, Newsrooms and studio applications. Both file-based and traditional workflows are supported. • Supports any file format, integrates directly with today’s major video PlayMaker provides up to 8 I/O channels of high AVECO’s TV Automation software, ASTRA MCR, controls processes and devices for the broadcasting of one or more TV channels at one location or systems quality Motion JPEG2000 ingest, synchronized slow motion replay and through Central Casting across many sites. This product is a fully featured automation system with links to traffic systems for playlist generation • Automates hundreds of common video workflows, out of the box powerful yet simple editing tools. and manages and controls all equipment for ingest, playout and archiving. The system also offers substantial Media Asset Management • Scales to thousands of workflows in an enterprise server environment With it’s unique 8 I/O channel capability, PlayMaker can provide up to capabilities such as transferring media to where it needs to be for playout, transcoding media to desired formats, coordinating multiple media Telestream Vantage combines media capture, transcoding, clip 6 inputs while using preview/program output channels, or combine 3 streams for broadcast, minimizing media duplication across the system, managing server disk space, and management, analysis, QC and metadata processing into one unified channel ingest with super slow motion ingest, significantly decreasing fully supporting Lo-Res creation and browsing. workflow design and automation framework. Vantage integrates with all operational costs as fewer operators are needed. AVECO’s Newsroom Automation software – ASTRA News provides fully automated ingest, playout, NLE the major broadcast servers, edit systems, streaming servers, cable VOD Playmaker – the Controller integration and Media Asset Management in tight integration with your Newsroom Computer Systems servers, SANs and virtually any network digital device in your facility. PlayMaker’s controller is designed to enhance the production (NRCS). The application provides automated or manual playout from servers, graphics devices, video A revolution in video workflow automation, Vantage allows you to design workflow, while providing the operator with familiar and intuitive switchers, audio mixers, robotics and rear projection displays from a simple, easy to use control room your workflow independent of the underlying file format or video systems. surroundings. interface. With AVECO’s Storyboard technology, the set up and running of this system is a breeze! ASTRA Metadata flow, analysis data flow, media file flow and process flow can News is fully a MOS compliant system which ensures full transparency and reporting between your NPS and AVECO system. be designed independently. This allows the design of fully automated, PlayMaker’s controller can support up to 6 inputs and 2 outputs with smart transcoding video workflows, with easy to use tools and out-of-the PVW/PGM capabilities. In addition, it supports super slow motion With close to 20 years of experience in the broadcast industry, box support for any video equipment. configurations including mixed super slow and standard recording at Aveco’s ASTRA Suite of Tools provides broadcasters with cost-effective the same time, as well as seamlessly mixing them on the output. and scalable solutions for content management, master control and APRIL For more information, contact your local AEL broadcast news playout automation, ingest and single operator studio control. 11, 12 & 13, 2011 representative and be sure to check it out at NAB. ASTRA applications run on a robust, virus-free platform and specialize Scenic Room in multi-site operations with desktop and web-based tools for proxy 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm For more information, contact your local AEL broadcast viewing, monitoring and control. ASTRA is on-air at over 250 locations representative and be sure to check it out at NAB. world-wide. Please let us introduce you to this all encompassing, progressive SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE Ross Video Unveils CrossOver Solo – system, or check them out yourself at www.aveco.com Please respond by March 21, 2011 For more information, contact your local AEL broadcast For more information, please contact Rosie Patey at Applied Electronics Limited. Big Switcher Power – Unbeatable Price representative and be sure to check it out at NAB. NAB Booth N3807 The perfect compact switcher for space restricted applications and limited Service Reminder budgets. Signiant Content Transporter We wish to remind everyone that our service department is still Based on the highly successful CrossOver 12, the Solo has the same servicing the entire line of Vinten and Sachtler products for Canada. features and specifications; however the main electronics and signal I/O NAB Booth SL5229 Our service technicians are fully trained and AEL has an extensive are combined with the panel as a single unit – reducing cost and size. Dome Productions Places Order with Centrally manage your accelerated, secure Content stock of spare parts. CrossOver is a 1 MLE production switcher with unmatched performance, Transfers within internal and external locations. ease of use and flexibility. The Solo’s features include: Net Insight for state-of-the-art North American Network Signiant Content Transporter software is aimed at enterprises with • 12 external Multi-Definition SDI inputs 5 to 15 locations that need the central management of content • 10 Input Multi-Viewer NAB Booth SU3323 transfers. Content Transporter is ideally suited for use during the Get Connected! • SD/HD operation production, capture or creation of content where multiple sites need • 3 x Keyers Dome Productions, one of North America’s In November of 2010, Applied Electronics launched their first social leading production and broadcast service to exchange data quickly, securely and reliably with tight business media campaign as part of their online marketing initiative. Applied • 2 x 2D DVEs deadlines. • Input frame synchronization for untimed sources companies, has selected Net Insight’s can now be found on top social media sites such as Facebook, • Internal SD to HD conversion Nimbra platform for their new nation-wide, Content Transporter Offers: Twitter and LinkedIn. The goal of this campaign was to be active state-of-the-art production and distribution and involved with growing trends. Social media marketing has been • 4 x Internal Media Stores for stills and animations ® • Accelerated Transport: Signiant Acceleration Protocol (SAP) enable • Superb UltraChrome Chroma keyer fibre network with connectivity in Vancouver, the fast, reliable and secure movement of files over the WAN around for a few years and continues to be a growing trend that is Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and New York. constantly changing and adapting to accommodate new trends, • Internal Reference Generator with 3 independent outputs • Centralized Network Management: Complete control over your • 100 Event Memory System with MemoryAI TM needs and user habits. Scan the codes to find us on popular social Net Insight’s Nimbra multi-service platform with entire network from a single view – all processes and transfers are media sites: We are very excited that we can now offer such remarkable power at a its proven track record around the world was the controlled, monitored, tracked and reported sub $10K price point with a product that is not a ‘stripped-down’ version natural choice for Dome’s new state-of-the-art • Hot-folder Automation: All file transfers happen automatically of what producers really want. fibre network. Dome network will deliver high through hot folder triggers based on a number of configurable profile events such as NHL Hockey, CFL Football, conditions. MLB Baseball, various special events as well as We suggest that you discuss daily news coverage, plus it gives Dome the ability your potential application with to offer their customers a fully scalable solution. your nearest AEL broadcast Facebook Linkedin Twitter For more information, contact your local AEL broadcast For more information, contact your local AEL broadcast representative and arrange a To scan codes, please download i-nigma or Scan Life on your smart phone. representative and be sure to check it out at NAB. representative and be sure to check it out at NAB. full demonstration at NAB. Vantage by Telestream Playmaker by ORAD Concepts of Operational Reliability of AVECO Automation Systems NAB Booth SL3309 NAB Booth SL6514 NAB Booth N2138 Video Workflow design that revolutionizes; capture-analysis- Playmaker is an SD/HD, instant replay, slow-motion AVECO and Applied Electronics transcoding-metadata-delivery. server with highlight editing tools designed to meet AEL is excited to announce a new partnership with AVECO. AVECO provides Content Management and Automation solutions for TV facilities • Easy to use video workflow design and automation the growing challenges of live sport productions. including Master Control, Newsrooms and studio applications. Both file-based and traditional workflows are supported. • Supports any file format, integrates directly with today’s major video PlayMaker provides up to 8 I/O channels of high AVECO’s TV Automation software, ASTRA MCR, controls processes and devices for the broadcasting of one or more TV channels at one location or systems quality Motion JPEG2000 ingest, synchronized slow motion replay and through Central Casting across many sites. This product is a fully featured automation system with links to traffic systems for playlist generation • Automates hundreds of common video workflows, out of the box powerful yet simple editing tools. and manages and controls all equipment for ingest, playout and archiving. The system also offers substantial Media Asset Management • Scales to thousands of workflows in an enterprise server environment With it’s unique 8 I/O channel capability, PlayMaker can provide up to capabilities such as transferring media to where it needs to be for playout, transcoding media to desired formats, coordinating multiple media Telestream Vantage combines media capture, transcoding, clip 6 inputs while using preview/program output channels, or combine 3 streams for broadcast, minimizing media duplication across the system, managing server disk space, and management, analysis, QC and metadata processing into one unified channel ingest with super slow motion ingest, significantly decreasing fully supporting Lo-Res creation and browsing. workflow design and automation framework. Vantage integrates with all operational costs as fewer operators are needed. AVECO’s Newsroom Automation software – ASTRA News provides fully automated ingest, playout, NLE the major broadcast servers, edit systems, streaming servers, cable VOD Playmaker – the Controller integration and Media Asset Management in tight integration with your Newsroom Computer Systems servers, SANs and virtually any network digital device in your facility. PlayMaker’s controller is designed to enhance the production (NRCS). The application provides automated or manual playout from servers, graphics devices, video A revolution in video workflow automation, Vantage allows you to design workflow, while providing the operator with familiar and intuitive switchers, audio mixers, robotics and rear projection displays from a simple, easy to use control room your workflow independent of the underlying file format or video systems. surroundings. interface. With AVECO’s Storyboard technology, the set up and running of this system is a breeze! ASTRA Metadata flow, analysis data flow, media file flow and process flow can News is fully a MOS compliant system which ensures full transparency and reporting between your NPS and AVECO system. be designed independently. This allows the design of fully automated, PlayMaker’s controller can support up to 6 inputs and 2 outputs with smart transcoding video workflows, with easy to use tools and out-of-the PVW/PGM capabilities. In addition, it supports super slow motion With close to 20 years of experience in the broadcast industry, box support for any video equipment. configurations including mixed super slow and standard recording at Aveco’s ASTRA Suite of Tools provides broadcasters with cost-effective the same time, as well as seamlessly mixing them on the output. and scalable solutions for content management, master control and APRIL For more information, contact your local AEL broadcast news playout automation, ingest and single operator studio control. 11, 12 & 13, 2011 representative and be sure to check it out at NAB. ASTRA applications run on a robust, virus-free platform and specialize Scenic Room in multi-site operations with desktop and web-based tools for proxy 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm For more information, contact your local AEL broadcast viewing, monitoring and control. ASTRA is on-air at over 250 locations representative and be sure to check it out at NAB. world-wide. Please let us introduce you to this all encompassing, progressive SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE Ross Video Unveils CrossOver Solo – system, or check them out yourself at www.aveco.com Please respond by March 21, 2011 For more information, contact your local AEL broadcast For more information, please contact Rosie Patey at Applied Electronics Limited. Big Switcher Power – Unbeatable Price representative and be sure to check it out at NAB. NAB Booth N3807 The perfect compact switcher for space restricted applications and limited Service Reminder budgets. Signiant Content Transporter We wish to remind everyone that our service department is still Based on the highly successful CrossOver 12, the Solo has the same servicing the entire line of Vinten and Sachtler products for Canada. features and specifications; however the main electronics and signal I/O NAB Booth SL5229 Our service technicians are fully trained and AEL has an extensive are combined with the panel as a single unit – reducing cost and size. Dome Productions Places Order with Centrally manage your accelerated, secure Content stock of spare parts. CrossOver is a 1 MLE production switcher with unmatched performance, Transfers within internal and external locations. ease of use and flexibility. The Solo’s features include: Net Insight for state-of-the-art North American Network Signiant Content Transporter software is aimed at enterprises with • 12 external Multi-Definition SDI inputs 5 to 15 locations that need the central management of content • 10 Input Multi-Viewer NAB Booth SU3323 transfers. Content Transporter is ideally suited for use during the Get Connected! • SD/HD operation production, capture or creation of content where multiple sites need • 3 x Keyers Dome Productions, one of North America’s In November of 2010, Applied Electronics launched their first social leading production and broadcast service to exchange data quickly, securely and reliably with tight business media campaign as part of their online marketing initiative. Applied • 2 x 2D DVEs deadlines. • Input frame synchronization for untimed sources companies, has selected Net Insight’s can now be found on top social media sites such as Facebook, • Internal SD to HD conversion Nimbra platform for their new nation-wide, Content Transporter Offers: Twitter and LinkedIn. The goal of this campaign was to be active state-of-the-art production and distribution and involved with growing trends. Social media marketing has been • 4 x Internal Media Stores for stills and animations ® • Accelerated Transport: Signiant Acceleration Protocol (SAP) enable • Superb UltraChrome Chroma keyer fibre network with connectivity in Vancouver, the fast, reliable and secure movement of files over the WAN around for a few years and continues to be a growing trend that is Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and New York. constantly changing and adapting to accommodate new trends, • Internal Reference Generator with 3 independent outputs • Centralized Network Management: Complete control over your • 100 Event Memory System with MemoryAI TM needs and user habits. Scan the codes to find us on popular social Net Insight’s Nimbra multi-service platform with entire network from a single view – all processes and transfers are media sites: We are very excited that we can now offer such remarkable power at a its proven track record around the world was the controlled, monitored, tracked and reported sub $10K price point with a product that is not a ‘stripped-down’ version natural choice for Dome’s new state-of-the-art • Hot-folder Automation: All file transfers happen automatically of what producers really want. fibre network. Dome network will deliver high through hot folder triggers based on a number of configurable profile events such as NHL Hockey, CFL Football, conditions. MLB Baseball, various special events as well as We suggest that you discuss daily news coverage, plus it gives Dome the ability your potential application with to offer their customers a fully scalable solution. your nearest AEL broadcast Facebook Linkedin Twitter For more information, contact your local AEL broadcast For more information, contact your local AEL broadcast representative and arrange a To scan codes, please download i-nigma or Scan Life on your smart phone. representative and be sure to check it out at NAB. representative and be sure to check it out at NAB. full demonstration at NAB. C e l e b rat i n g M i l e s t o n e s ! Rob Judd — 15 years Rita King — 5 years Rob is our Project Coordinator at AEL Calgary. Rita has been the friendly voice on the phones Rob has recently completed 15 years with the at AEL’s Mississauga office for 5 years now. She A/V division and is a veteran installer, Creston came to AEL with formal business training and programmer and CAD operator. Rob graduated experience with General Motors and Northwestern from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in General Hospital. Rita has 2 children, Kenneth View finder Avionics Technology. Rob and his wife, Teresa, have and Andrew, who are 28 and 26 years old. 2 sons Andrew and Matthew. Thanks for the hard Congratulations, Rita, on your 5 year anniversary work and dedication, Rob! at AEL!